writer’s block

I am not inspired, I don’t know why. So I will write about that. Today I went for a writer’s forum and learnt a few things. I was around a man who published his first book in the 1960’s. Thats a mighty long time ago. He reminded me why writing is so important. Why it’s crucial to share your story. I believe the reader picks the author so for you reading this now, thank you.

Hoping that inspiration will find me. ……but in the meantime join me in mediation. In that place where we allow our thoughts to rule. That place where we breathe and settle. Think about your week, think about the blessing of life. Be thankful and do something for someone else. I just did, I wasn’t up for it but it didn’t kill me helping someone I am not fond of.  Then get out there and continue living.

Truly, Jem.

An amazing things happens when you get honest with yourself and start doing what you love, what makes you happy. <3

Do what you love and you will never work a day in your life

Phlight of the Phoenix

07.29.13 // My Mondays

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As I continue to do more and more work on myself, further evolving and allowing my truest self to shine through, I find that the message above is absoLUTEly the kind of phenomenon I’ve been encountering in my own world . . . and I gotta tell ya — it’s beyond incredible! Totally AND completely worth all the pain and struggle I experienced in order to get closer to this state of truly being.

Once you finally allow yourself to see things from a clearer perspective, you can’t allow a hazy veil to mask your eyes, your mind, or your heart any longer.

Get honest with yourself. Do what you love. Do what makes you happy. 🙂 

with passion & gratitude — jennifer

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Fearless

You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.

I took my car out of town a few weeks ago. It was a big risk. I had never taken it out of town before and I wasn’t sure if we would make it. My mechanic said it was OK, I was unsure. But that didn’t mean I wasn’t going to take the risk. I knew no matter what happened, we would make it to where we were headed.

Halfway through the journey, my friend presses on the accelerator as we climb a hill. Next thing we know the radiator blew! It took us hours to be on the road again and we made it. I just believed everything will be alright in the end. And it was.

Life gives us options, we can choose to be optimistic or not. We can take the risk or not. In the end, you will either be comfortable doing something or regretting not doing it in the first place. We have a tendency to look at the cons in situations. “the car might stall, the dress might tear, he might break my heart…..” they start to sound like excuses. And fear feeds on those excuses.

I learnt something this year, I want to always be uncomfortable. The moment you don’t inspire more, the moment you get comfortable with where you are, then you never want more. You never work as hard. I never think as much when am comfortable. So I want to be uncomfortable, to be taking risks, to be pushing myself beyond what I can perceive. I remember wanting to see Cuba. From Kenya that’s a long way. I didn’t know how, but I wanted it.Somehow I got to see Cuba. Somehow things just worked out.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. “Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.”

You don’t have to see the whole way, just know where you are headed. Keep your eye on the prize and you will surely get there.

Jem

Its never too late

I was watching Brothers and Sisters last night and this quote was narrated at the end of the episode “Its never too late to be what you might have been.” I love it!

We like procrastinating and postponing things that we think can wait. And most of the time they can. “I will travel to Paris when I make my first million, I will settle down once I have a stable job….” we plan our lives around time and faith. Am not a very patient person. I am one of those who live by the words, life is too short so do it now. I obviously don’t get to do it as soon as I want but I try to do those things that I want as soon as I can. I look as life like we are all dying….and we just don’t know when we will leave this world. And even though we plan, sometimes we don’t get to see those things pass. So it brings me to this, that one thing or two that you really want to do, it might be climbing mt Kilimanjaro or taking a trip to Vegas, I suggest you do it. We always recover and learn. Pushing yourself out of your comfort zone open up your mind. Stop slaving 8 hours a day just to pay bills. Do something exciting with your life. Its never too late. You always wanted to be an artist, do it now! You have the power to change situations and be what you always wanted to be, experience what you always wanted. Make a wish, take a risk make a change.

 

with hope and gratitude-Jem

Quote of the week-Love Actually

Today’s quotes come from one of my favorite movies, Love Actually.

The movie is centered around lives of eight very different couples in dealing with their love lives in various loosely and interrelated tales all set during a frantic month before Christmas in London, England.

This is how it starts

And when the american president tries to bully the Prime minister, this happens:

Prime Minister: “I love that word “relationship.” Covers all manner of sins, doesn’t it? I fear that this has become a bad relationship. A relationship based on the President taking exactly what he wants and casually ignoring all those things that really matter to, erm… Britain. We may be a small country but we’re a great one, too. The country of Shakespeare, Churchill, the Beatles, Sean Connery, Harry Potter. David Beckham’s right foot. David Beckham’s left foot, come to that. And a friend who bullies us is no longer a friend. And since bullies only respond to strength, from now onward, I will be prepared to be much stronger. And the President should be prepared for that. ”

Then there is the sad story of the man-Mark  in love with his best mate’s girl. He called it self preservation.  ouch

[on sheets of poster board]

Mark: With any luck, by next year – I’ll be going out with one of these girls.

[shows pictures of beautiful supermodels]

Mark: But for now, let me say – Without hope or agenda – Just because it’s Christmas – And at Christmas you tell the truth – To me, you are perfect – And my wasted heart will love you – Until you look like this.

[picture of a mummy]

Mark: Merry Christmas.

Quote of the week- The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

“The only real failure is the failure to try. And the measure of success is how we cope with disappointment. As we always must.We came here and we tried. All of us in our different ways.Can we be blamed for feeling that we are too old to change? Too scared of disappointment to start it all again?

We get up in the morning. We do our best. Nothing else matters. 

But it’s also true that the person who risks nothing… does nothing, has nothing.
All we know about the future is that it will be different. But perhaps what we fear is that it will be the same. So we must celebrate the changes. Because, as someone once said, everything will be all right in the end. And if it’s not all right, then trust me – it’s not yet the end. ”

Quote of the week-American Gangster

“That’s a clown suit. That’s a costume, with a big sign on it that says “Arrest me”. You understand? You’re too loud, you’re making too much noise. Listen to me, the loudest one in the room is the weakest one in the room.” Frank Lucas

The Adjustment Bureau

“Most people live life on the path we set for them. Too afraid to explore any other. But once in a while people like you come along and knock down all the obstacles we put in your way. People who realize free will is a gift you’ll never know how to use until you fight for it. I think that’s The Chairman’s real plan. And maybe, one day, we won’t write the plan. You will.”

Quote of the week

I’ve decided to start a quote of the week seeing that I read or hear somethings that are definitely worth sharing. And who knows, you could be needing it.

So for this week, the quote comes from the movie –The Lucky One.

“You know, the smallest thing can change a life. In the blink of an eye, something happens by chance – and when you least expect it – since we’re on a course that you could have never planned, into a future you never imagined. Where will it take you? That’s the journey of our lives: our search for the light. But sometimes, finding the light means you must past through the deepest darkness.”